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    <description>Teaching Python is a podcast about Python programming, computer science education, AI literacy, software development, cloud computing, cybersecurity, data, and how people learn technical skills. Hosted by Kelly Schuster-Paredes, Sean Tibor, and Julian Sequeira, the show is for educators, developers, technology leaders, and lifelong learners who want to better understand how Python connects to the wider world of computing. Episodes explore not only how people learn to code, but also how they build technical judgment, understand systems, evaluate AI-generated code, work with data, think about security, and move from beginner programming into real-world software development. About the Hosts Kelly Schuster-Paredes is a teacher who codes whose work has expanded from classroom computer science into AI strategy, curriculum design, professional learning, educational technology, and responsible technology adoption. Her background in Python and computer science education shapes her focus on learning, AI literacy, computational thinking, and what people need to understand in an AI-shaped world. Sean Tibor is Vice President of Infrastructure and Cloud at Pfizer and a former computer science teacher. He brings expertise in cloud computing, infrastructure, engineering operations, and technical leadership, connecting what people learn about computing with how large-scale systems are actually built, operated, secured, and maintained. Julian Sequiera is a technologist, Fractional CTO, and Senior Program Manager with more than 20 years of experience in infrastructure, cloud, engineering operations, and large-scale technology programs. He is also the co-founder of PyBites, a Python learning platform and community that has helped thousands of developers improve their Python and software development skills. What We Cover Python Programming and Computer Science Education: Learning Python, teaching programming, computational thinking, debugging, code literacy, and helping beginners build strong mental models. AI and AI Literacy: AI-assisted programming, evaluating AI-generated code, responsible AI use, human judgment, and what learners still need to understand when AI can produce code. Cloud, Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity: Systems, networks, deployment, security, reliability, architecture, and the operational side of software. Data and Software Engineering: APIs, databases, testing, maintainability, version control, software design, and moving from simple scripts to real-world applications. Learning and Technical Growth: How people learn difficult technical concepts, get unstuck, build confidence, and develop the judgment needed to use technology well. Expert Interviews: Conversations with educators, developers, engineers, researchers, technology leaders, and others shaping the future of computing and technical education. Teaching Python remains grounded in Python, but the conversation extends beyond syntax. The podcast explores the knowledge, skills, systems, and judgment people need to learn, build, and make responsible decisions with technology.</description>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Many teachers give advice to parents on how to keep kids engaged during the summer. Sean and Kelly take their own advice and apply it to teachers and professional development.  In this episode, we discuss how to avoid the “Summer Slide” and what we are doing to keep on learning.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Many teachers give advice to parents on how to keep kids engaged during the summer. Sean and Kelly take their own advice and apply it to teachers and professional development.  In this episode, we discuss how to avoid the “Summer Slide” and what we are doing to keep on learning.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Many teachers give advice to parents on how to keep kids engaged during the summer. Sean and Kelly take their own advice and apply it to teachers and professional development.  In this episode, we discuss how to avoid the “Summer Slide” and what we are doing to keep on learning.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/teachingpython">Support Teaching Python</a></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Amazon.com: Avogadro Corp: The Singularity Is Closer Than It Appears (Singularity Series Book 1) eBook: William Hertling: Kindle Store" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006ACIMQQ/ref=nosim?tag=teachingpython-20">Amazon.com: Avogadro Corp: The Singularity Is Closer Than It Appears (Singularity Series Book 1) eBook: William Hertling: Kindle Store
</a> &mdash; The book that Kelly skipped (and apparently Sean read in 2013)
</li><li><a title="Amazon.com: A.I. Apocalypse (Singularity Series Book 2) eBook: William Hertling: Gateway" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007FZVI2M/ref=nosim?tag=teachingpython-20">Amazon.com: A.I. Apocalypse (Singularity Series Book 2) eBook: William Hertling: Gateway
</a> &mdash; Kelly's Summer Reading
</li><li><a title="Buy a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B – Raspberry Pi" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/">Buy a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B – Raspberry Pi
</a> &mdash; The new Raspberry Pi 4 computer is out.
</li><li><a title="Cartoon Guide to Statistics 1, Larry Gonick, Woollcott Smith - Amazon.com" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SRYUW5O/ref=nosim?tag=teachingpython-20">Cartoon Guide to Statistics 1, Larry Gonick, Woollcott Smith - Amazon.com
</a></li><li><a title="About - Project Euler" rel="nofollow" href="https://projecteuler.net/">About - Project Euler
</a> &mdash; Project Euler is a series of challenging mathematical/computer programming problems that will require more than just mathematical insights to solve. Although mathematics will help you arrive at elegant and efficient methods, the use of a computer and programming skills will be required to solve most problems.
</li><li><a title="4 Ways Your Student Can Avoid the “Summer Slide”" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instructure.com/canvas/blog/4-ways-your-students-avoid-summer-slide">4 Ways Your Student Can Avoid the “Summer Slide”
</a> &mdash; Hearing the final school bell for the year can bring feelings of joy, relief, and...dread? Many students, their parents, and their future teachers know the reality of the so-called “Summer Slide.” 
</li><li><a title="Amazon.com: HiLetgo New Version ESP8266 NodeMCU LUA CP2102 ESP-12E Internet WiFi Development Board Open Source Serial Wireless Module Works Great with Arduino IDE/Micropython: Gateway" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010O1G1ES/ref=nosim?tag=teachingpython-20">Amazon.com: HiLetgo New Version ESP8266 NodeMCU LUA CP2102 ESP-12E Internet WiFi Development Board Open Source Serial Wireless Module Works Great with Arduino IDE/Micropython: Gateway
</a> &mdash; ESP8266 CP2102 NodeMCU LUA ESP-12E WIFI Serial Wireless Module. Built-in Micro-USB, with flash and reset switches, easy to program. Arduino compatible, works great with the latest Arduino IDE/Mongoose IoT/Micropython
</li><li><a title="Amazon.com: HiLetgo ESP-WROOM-32 ESP32 ESP-32S Development Board 2.4GHz Dual-Mode WiFi + Bluetooth Dual Cores Microcontroller Processor Integrated with Antenna RF AMP Filter AP STA for Arduino IDE: Gateway" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0718T232Z/ref=nosim?tag=teachingpython-20">Amazon.com: HiLetgo ESP-WROOM-32 ESP32 ESP-32S Development Board 2.4GHz Dual-Mode WiFi + Bluetooth Dual Cores Microcontroller Processor Integrated with Antenna RF AMP Filter AP STA for Arduino IDE: Gateway
</a> &mdash; 2.4GHz Dual Mode WiFi + Bluetooth Development Board
Ultra-Low power consumption
</li><li><a title="TinyPICO | Crowd Supply" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.crowdsupply.com/unexpected-maker/tinypico">TinyPICO | Crowd Supply
</a> &mdash; One more remarkable ESP32 board.
</li><li><a title="PBL Events | PBLWorks" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.pblworks.org/services/events">PBL Events | PBLWorks
</a> &mdash; Learn more about PBL, and connect with a worldwide network of educators. We offer events&nbsp;in different locations throughout the year, delivering professional learning opportunities for individuals and small&nbsp;teams.
</li><li><a title="ISTE - EdTech Conference 2019 | Philadelphia, June 23-26" rel="nofollow" href="https://conference.iste.org/2019/">ISTE - EdTech Conference 2019 | Philadelphia, June 23-26
</a></li><li><a title="Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate Into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation: Saundra Yancy McGuire, Thomas Angelo, Stephanie McGuire: 9781620363164: Amazon.com: Gateway" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/162036316X/ref=nosim?tag=teachingpython-20">Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate Into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation: Saundra Yancy McGuire, Thomas Angelo, Stephanie McGuire: 9781620363164: Amazon.com: Gateway
</a> &mdash; What is preventing your students from performing according to expectations? Saundra McGuire offers a simple but profound answer: If you teach students how to learn and give them simple, straightforward strategies to use, they can significantly increase their learning and performance. 
</li><li><a title="Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners: Ron Ritchhart, Mark Church, Karin Morrison: 8601419898244: Amazon.com: Gateway" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/047091551X/ref=nosim?tag=teachingpython-20">Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners: Ron Ritchhart, Mark Church, Karin Morrison: 8601419898244: Amazon.com: Gateway
</a> &mdash; Visible Thinking is a research-based approach to teaching thinking, begun at Harvard's Project Zero, that develops students' thinking dispositions, while at the same time deepening their understanding of the topics they study.  Rather than a set of fixed lessons, Visible Thinking is a varied collection of practices, including thinking routines, small sets of questions or a short sequence of steps, as well as the documentation of student thinking. 
</li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Many teachers give advice to parents on how to keep kids engaged during the summer. Sean and Kelly take their own advice and apply it to teachers and professional development.  In this episode, we discuss how to avoid the “Summer Slide” and what we are doing to keep on learning.</p><p><a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/teachingpython">Support Teaching Python</a></p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Amazon.com: Avogadro Corp: The Singularity Is Closer Than It Appears (Singularity Series Book 1) eBook: William Hertling: Kindle Store" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006ACIMQQ/ref=nosim?tag=teachingpython-20">Amazon.com: Avogadro Corp: The Singularity Is Closer Than It Appears (Singularity Series Book 1) eBook: William Hertling: Kindle Store
</a> &mdash; The book that Kelly skipped (and apparently Sean read in 2013)
</li><li><a title="Amazon.com: A.I. Apocalypse (Singularity Series Book 2) eBook: William Hertling: Gateway" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B007FZVI2M/ref=nosim?tag=teachingpython-20">Amazon.com: A.I. Apocalypse (Singularity Series Book 2) eBook: William Hertling: Gateway
</a> &mdash; Kelly's Summer Reading
</li><li><a title="Buy a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B – Raspberry Pi" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/">Buy a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B – Raspberry Pi
</a> &mdash; The new Raspberry Pi 4 computer is out.
</li><li><a title="Cartoon Guide to Statistics 1, Larry Gonick, Woollcott Smith - Amazon.com" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SRYUW5O/ref=nosim?tag=teachingpython-20">Cartoon Guide to Statistics 1, Larry Gonick, Woollcott Smith - Amazon.com
</a></li><li><a title="About - Project Euler" rel="nofollow" href="https://projecteuler.net/">About - Project Euler
</a> &mdash; Project Euler is a series of challenging mathematical/computer programming problems that will require more than just mathematical insights to solve. Although mathematics will help you arrive at elegant and efficient methods, the use of a computer and programming skills will be required to solve most problems.
</li><li><a title="4 Ways Your Student Can Avoid the “Summer Slide”" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instructure.com/canvas/blog/4-ways-your-students-avoid-summer-slide">4 Ways Your Student Can Avoid the “Summer Slide”
</a> &mdash; Hearing the final school bell for the year can bring feelings of joy, relief, and...dread? Many students, their parents, and their future teachers know the reality of the so-called “Summer Slide.” 
</li><li><a title="Amazon.com: HiLetgo New Version ESP8266 NodeMCU LUA CP2102 ESP-12E Internet WiFi Development Board Open Source Serial Wireless Module Works Great with Arduino IDE/Micropython: Gateway" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B010O1G1ES/ref=nosim?tag=teachingpython-20">Amazon.com: HiLetgo New Version ESP8266 NodeMCU LUA CP2102 ESP-12E Internet WiFi Development Board Open Source Serial Wireless Module Works Great with Arduino IDE/Micropython: Gateway
</a> &mdash; ESP8266 CP2102 NodeMCU LUA ESP-12E WIFI Serial Wireless Module. Built-in Micro-USB, with flash and reset switches, easy to program. Arduino compatible, works great with the latest Arduino IDE/Mongoose IoT/Micropython
</li><li><a title="Amazon.com: HiLetgo ESP-WROOM-32 ESP32 ESP-32S Development Board 2.4GHz Dual-Mode WiFi + Bluetooth Dual Cores Microcontroller Processor Integrated with Antenna RF AMP Filter AP STA for Arduino IDE: Gateway" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0718T232Z/ref=nosim?tag=teachingpython-20">Amazon.com: HiLetgo ESP-WROOM-32 ESP32 ESP-32S Development Board 2.4GHz Dual-Mode WiFi + Bluetooth Dual Cores Microcontroller Processor Integrated with Antenna RF AMP Filter AP STA for Arduino IDE: Gateway
</a> &mdash; 2.4GHz Dual Mode WiFi + Bluetooth Development Board
Ultra-Low power consumption
</li><li><a title="TinyPICO | Crowd Supply" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.crowdsupply.com/unexpected-maker/tinypico">TinyPICO | Crowd Supply
</a> &mdash; One more remarkable ESP32 board.
</li><li><a title="PBL Events | PBLWorks" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.pblworks.org/services/events">PBL Events | PBLWorks
</a> &mdash; Learn more about PBL, and connect with a worldwide network of educators. We offer events&nbsp;in different locations throughout the year, delivering professional learning opportunities for individuals and small&nbsp;teams.
</li><li><a title="ISTE - EdTech Conference 2019 | Philadelphia, June 23-26" rel="nofollow" href="https://conference.iste.org/2019/">ISTE - EdTech Conference 2019 | Philadelphia, June 23-26
</a></li><li><a title="Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate Into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation: Saundra Yancy McGuire, Thomas Angelo, Stephanie McGuire: 9781620363164: Amazon.com: Gateway" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/162036316X/ref=nosim?tag=teachingpython-20">Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate Into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation: Saundra Yancy McGuire, Thomas Angelo, Stephanie McGuire: 9781620363164: Amazon.com: Gateway
</a> &mdash; What is preventing your students from performing according to expectations? Saundra McGuire offers a simple but profound answer: If you teach students how to learn and give them simple, straightforward strategies to use, they can significantly increase their learning and performance. 
</li><li><a title="Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners: Ron Ritchhart, Mark Church, Karin Morrison: 8601419898244: Amazon.com: Gateway" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/047091551X/ref=nosim?tag=teachingpython-20">Making Thinking Visible: How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners: Ron Ritchhart, Mark Church, Karin Morrison: 8601419898244: Amazon.com: Gateway
</a> &mdash; Visible Thinking is a research-based approach to teaching thinking, begun at Harvard's Project Zero, that develops students' thinking dispositions, while at the same time deepening their understanding of the topics they study.  Rather than a set of fixed lessons, Visible Thinking is a varied collection of practices, including thinking routines, small sets of questions or a short sequence of steps, as well as the documentation of student thinking. 
</li></ul>]]>
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